@suffolkgal.bsky.social
Retired, interested in politics, art, theatre and of course Arsenal. Slowly finding my favourite twitter peeps.
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What?
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
What?
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Motorbikes are 11 times more likely to be stolen than cars. I did a Westminster Hall debate to tackle how we can beat this issue together 💪
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Motorbikes are 11 times more likely to be stolen than cars. I did a Westminster Hall debate to tackle how we can beat this issue together 💪
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I really hope the BBC New’s political team has an overhaul soon, the analysis is far too superficial - they should be doing what you do, a proper deep dive each day into everything going on. That’s the BBC’s responsibility, not trying to outdo other newspapers.
November 28, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I really hope the BBC New’s political team has an overhaul soon, the analysis is far too superficial - they should be doing what you do, a proper deep dive each day into everything going on. That’s the BBC’s responsibility, not trying to outdo other newspapers.
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I honestly can’t believe how nobody in the Westminster bubble seems to be thinking about/pricing in a Trump/MAGA power grab in 2028
They literally tried it already, and are far, far more capable now
If this happens will have serious blow back for radical right outside US
They literally tried it already, and are far, far more capable now
If this happens will have serious blow back for radical right outside US
November 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I honestly can’t believe how nobody in the Westminster bubble seems to be thinking about/pricing in a Trump/MAGA power grab in 2028
They literally tried it already, and are far, far more capable now
If this happens will have serious blow back for radical right outside US
They literally tried it already, and are far, far more capable now
If this happens will have serious blow back for radical right outside US
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The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
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“Just three companies – DMG Media, News UK and Reach – control 90% of UK national newspaper circulation, a 20% increase in market concentration since 2014. Newsquest and National World – control 51% of the UK’s 882 local newspapers and local news websites”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media ownership affect political decisions
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“Just three companies – DMG Media, News UK and Reach – control 90% of UK national newspaper circulation, a 20% increase in market concentration since 2014. Newsquest and National World – control 51% of the UK’s 882 local newspapers and local news websites”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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It doesn’t surprise me that our young people are leaving the UK. Why stay in a narrow minded, racist, misogynistic, backward thinking country if you have other options. Farage and Robinson have made UK, England specifically, a bad option. Wake up People.
November 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It doesn’t surprise me that our young people are leaving the UK. Why stay in a narrow minded, racist, misogynistic, backward thinking country if you have other options. Farage and Robinson have made UK, England specifically, a bad option. Wake up People.
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Two years in a row she's done a very recognisably Classic Labour tax-to-spend Budget, though this year's is more spend now-tax later. She doesn't go either big or home, rules matter to her, she doesn't do surprises; you can go mad trying to overthink it but it's in the end not that complicated
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Two years in a row she's done a very recognisably Classic Labour tax-to-spend Budget, though this year's is more spend now-tax later. She doesn't go either big or home, rules matter to her, she doesn't do surprises; you can go mad trying to overthink it but it's in the end not that complicated
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Honestly, it is possible to think 'I work hard to earn money; I deserve that money' and *also* 'it would be good if we created a more equal society: I'll help'. Exhausting to see everything presented as a fight to the death between those two ideas, seemingly forever.
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Honestly, it is possible to think 'I work hard to earn money; I deserve that money' and *also* 'it would be good if we created a more equal society: I'll help'. Exhausting to see everything presented as a fight to the death between those two ideas, seemingly forever.
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The Daily Mail, Daily Express, Times and Daily Telegraph are ALL carrying this two-page advert prominently within their news pages today.
That tells you a LOT about these newspapers - and the £££ available to Farage
That tells you a LOT about these newspapers - and the £££ available to Farage
November 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The Daily Mail, Daily Express, Times and Daily Telegraph are ALL carrying this two-page advert prominently within their news pages today.
That tells you a LOT about these newspapers - and the £££ available to Farage
That tells you a LOT about these newspapers - and the £££ available to Farage
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Some sympathy for this potentially made up woman but I wonder how the poster feels about the numerous people who would love to be able to call a house their own and form relationships with their neighbours but can't because of the housing market. Does their emotional plea count for anything?
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Some sympathy for this potentially made up woman but I wonder how the poster feels about the numerous people who would love to be able to call a house their own and form relationships with their neighbours but can't because of the housing market. Does their emotional plea count for anything?
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BBC Radio 6 News
Budget headlines then a clip of a response from Richard Tice
Not the Tories
Not the Liberals
Not even the SNP
The only voice heard was a party with 5 (five) MPs
Budget headlines then a clip of a response from Richard Tice
Not the Tories
Not the Liberals
Not even the SNP
The only voice heard was a party with 5 (five) MPs
November 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
BBC Radio 6 News
Budget headlines then a clip of a response from Richard Tice
Not the Tories
Not the Liberals
Not even the SNP
The only voice heard was a party with 5 (five) MPs
Budget headlines then a clip of a response from Richard Tice
Not the Tories
Not the Liberals
Not even the SNP
The only voice heard was a party with 5 (five) MPs
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On Sky Politics Hub, the whole budget was framed as if somehow the most consequential thing was the OBR accidentally publishing figures an hour early. There are 50 things in there more salient to viewers. I see no way to justify it editorially, other than to construct a hostile narrative. Poor.
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
On Sky Politics Hub, the whole budget was framed as if somehow the most consequential thing was the OBR accidentally publishing figures an hour early. There are 50 things in there more salient to viewers. I see no way to justify it editorially, other than to construct a hostile narrative. Poor.
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Middle aged man. Cancer of the oesophagus diagnosis. His mum being treated for myeloma
“A pox on those who would talk down the NHS, who would underfund it, defund it and even seek to dismantle it. A pox on them,
apple.news/AIlG8GsfESGi...
“A pox on those who would talk down the NHS, who would underfund it, defund it and even seek to dismantle it. A pox on them,
apple.news/AIlG8GsfESGi...
‘He suggested we go to a quiet room to talk. I knew that was not good news’ — The Observer
My cancer diagnosis was the last thing anyone expected or needed – but especially my mum, while going through chemotherapy herself
apple.news
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Middle aged man. Cancer of the oesophagus diagnosis. His mum being treated for myeloma
“A pox on those who would talk down the NHS, who would underfund it, defund it and even seek to dismantle it. A pox on them,
apple.news/AIlG8GsfESGi...
“A pox on those who would talk down the NHS, who would underfund it, defund it and even seek to dismantle it. A pox on them,
apple.news/AIlG8GsfESGi...
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For 50 years the orthodoxy has been that the majority of investment has to be private investment. Well, private investment has let this country down- and most of the rest of the world. It’s time to raise sufficient taxation from private wealth to prevent runaway inflation while building publicly
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
For 50 years the orthodoxy has been that the majority of investment has to be private investment. Well, private investment has let this country down- and most of the rest of the world. It’s time to raise sufficient taxation from private wealth to prevent runaway inflation while building publicly
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Sorry, everyone. I think we've gone and done a thoughtful, balanced episode on #Budget2026, that is more about the economics and the politics, rather than the gossippy nonsense that gets hacks excited. #NotSorry
🆕 SPOILER ALERT - Unpicking the Budget 📈
The good stuff
The less good stuff
The economic rationale
The political consequences
Balance, humour, @pimlicat.bsky.social , @sturdyalex.bsky.social & top economist Vicky Pryce.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/05mP...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
The good stuff
The less good stuff
The economic rationale
The political consequences
Balance, humour, @pimlicat.bsky.social , @sturdyalex.bsky.social & top economist Vicky Pryce.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/05mP...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Unpicking the most-leaked Budget in history, with Vicky Pryce
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 26/11/2025 · 1h 18m
podcasts.apple.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Sorry, everyone. I think we've gone and done a thoughtful, balanced episode on #Budget2026, that is more about the economics and the politics, rather than the gossippy nonsense that gets hacks excited. #NotSorry
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Excuse my language but …
I am so fucking tired of shit like this.
I am so fucking tired of shit like this.
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Excuse my language but …
I am so fucking tired of shit like this.
I am so fucking tired of shit like this.
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The bankruptcy of conventional economics. Andy Haldane, Chief Economist, BOE for seven years mentions nothing on the structural weaknesses of the UK economy & capitalism. All short-term & supply side & ignoring fundamentals & hence part of the problem. #Budget2025 #Newsnight
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The bankruptcy of conventional economics. Andy Haldane, Chief Economist, BOE for seven years mentions nothing on the structural weaknesses of the UK economy & capitalism. All short-term & supply side & ignoring fundamentals & hence part of the problem. #Budget2025 #Newsnight
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Nus Ghani MP - the Deputy Speaker - moved to the UK as a small child. She has been elected by the voters in Wealden in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2024
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Nus Ghani MP - the Deputy Speaker - moved to the UK as a small child. She has been elected by the voters in Wealden in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2024
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
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Big fear for the Budget was the green transition.
✅ Heat pump funding remains.
✅ VAT remains on gas.
✅ Support for EVs extended.
✅ Renewable charges removed from electricity.
🤷🏻♂️ EV per-mile charge - barrier to entry as in NZ?
🤷🏻♂️ North Sea drilling
🤷🏻♂️ Fuel duty increase. U-turn likely?
Ok overall.
✅ Heat pump funding remains.
✅ VAT remains on gas.
✅ Support for EVs extended.
✅ Renewable charges removed from electricity.
🤷🏻♂️ EV per-mile charge - barrier to entry as in NZ?
🤷🏻♂️ North Sea drilling
🤷🏻♂️ Fuel duty increase. U-turn likely?
Ok overall.
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Big fear for the Budget was the green transition.
✅ Heat pump funding remains.
✅ VAT remains on gas.
✅ Support for EVs extended.
✅ Renewable charges removed from electricity.
🤷🏻♂️ EV per-mile charge - barrier to entry as in NZ?
🤷🏻♂️ North Sea drilling
🤷🏻♂️ Fuel duty increase. U-turn likely?
Ok overall.
✅ Heat pump funding remains.
✅ VAT remains on gas.
✅ Support for EVs extended.
✅ Renewable charges removed from electricity.
🤷🏻♂️ EV per-mile charge - barrier to entry as in NZ?
🤷🏻♂️ North Sea drilling
🤷🏻♂️ Fuel duty increase. U-turn likely?
Ok overall.
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Think Reeves can chalk this up as a win. A big win actually.
U.K 30 YEAR GILT YIELD DOWN 9.8 BPS TO 5.23%, IN BIGGEST ONE DAY FALL SINCE APRIL
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Think Reeves can chalk this up as a win. A big win actually.
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The two-child cap pushed half of children in larger families into poverty. Today, Labour abolishes it.
I stood for office to stop drawing charts and start changing them. This change will see the biggest drop in child poverty of any parliament on record.
Know what that is? Hope.
I stood for office to stop drawing charts and start changing them. This change will see the biggest drop in child poverty of any parliament on record.
Know what that is? Hope.
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The two-child cap pushed half of children in larger families into poverty. Today, Labour abolishes it.
I stood for office to stop drawing charts and start changing them. This change will see the biggest drop in child poverty of any parliament on record.
Know what that is? Hope.
I stood for office to stop drawing charts and start changing them. This change will see the biggest drop in child poverty of any parliament on record.
Know what that is? Hope.
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Dutch public broadcaster NOS quits X over disinformation reut.rs/3KpybRU
Dutch public broadcaster NOS quits X over disinformation
Dutch public broadcaster NOS on Tuesday said it had stopped posting on Elon Musk's social media platform X, as it said it did not want to facilitate the spreading of disinformation.
reut.rs
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Dutch public broadcaster NOS quits X over disinformation reut.rs/3KpybRU
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The rise in the minimum wage from April 2026 is great news for working people.
This Labour Budget puts more money in people’s pockets and helps ease the pressure of the cost of living.
A practical step that will make a real difference across our communities. #Budget
This Labour Budget puts more money in people’s pockets and helps ease the pressure of the cost of living.
A practical step that will make a real difference across our communities. #Budget
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The rise in the minimum wage from April 2026 is great news for working people.
This Labour Budget puts more money in people’s pockets and helps ease the pressure of the cost of living.
A practical step that will make a real difference across our communities. #Budget
This Labour Budget puts more money in people’s pockets and helps ease the pressure of the cost of living.
A practical step that will make a real difference across our communities. #Budget